Gideon

Chapter 122

07-27-14

THE DAY OF THE LORDÖ FOR THE UNSAVED AND FOR THE SAVED

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(2 Pet 3:8,9) But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one
thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years[to
us], and a thousand years as one day[to Him] [This is the
description of the biblical 1,000 year Millennium]. The Lord is not slack
concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to
us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come
to repentance [and eternal salvation].

(Joel 2:1-3) [For the saved:]Blow ye the
trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm[Heb: make a joyful noise]in
my holy mountain: [but for the unsaved]let all the
inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it
is nigh at hand;A day of darkness[Heb: (literally) darkness;
figuratively misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness]and
of gloominess [Heb: fig. misfortune; concealment],a day of
clouds and of thick darkness, [but for the saved] as the
morning spread upon the mountains [Heb: dawn] [sunrise]: a great
people and a strong [Joel 2:1-11]; there hath not been ever the
like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations [even
to the end of the thousand year Millennium, i.e., about twenty-five 40 year
generations].A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a
flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a
desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

Dakeís Annotated Reference Bible: "The
day of the Lord begins with the second advent of Christ and lasts to
the end of the Millennium."

(Isa 2:12) For the day of the LORD[first
of 27 mentions]of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and
lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought
low:

(Zec 14:1-3) Behold, the day of the LORD cometh,
and thy spoil [Heb: booty: prey] shall be divided in the midst of thee [amongst
the unsaved pagans]. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem
to battle; and the city shall be taken[Heb: captured]
[physically], and the houses rifled[Heb: plundered], and the
women ravished[raped]; andhalf of the cityshall
go forth intocaptivity [those in a spiritual sense of
non-belief],and the residue of the people[the remaining
spiritual believers of Jesus Christ]shall not be cut off from the
city. Then shall the LORD go forth,and fight
against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

exile = Dict: 1. any one separated from his country or
home. 2 expulsion from oneís native land by authoritative decree. 3. a
person banished from his native land.

Commentary: Goliathís name in Hebrew is also the
latter definition of "exile" with the same derivative of
"to denude: uncover." Goliath is (they dwell among
us)an exile from God who ceaselessly strives to cause
others to remain exiled, or to become exiled from God. What exiles us
from God? The action-function of Goliath (a spiritually mutated deadly
enemy of the thoughtsof our mind) is to strip us
ofour sin-covering which was symbolically the Old
Testament gold of God and now is the New Testament blood of Jesus Christ
(i.e., stripped of our covering that was based upon the foundation of our
belief), therebyexposing our sin which is an affront to
God, and causing us to be or become an "exile" from
God.

Commentary: "shall go forth into captivity"
= This phrase may be translated from the Hebrew as "shall go (of
their own accord) forth into exile (from God)." May we note
that the "shall go forth" of half of the
inhabitants expresses the opposite action from the "shall
be taken" of the city. This exemplifies the separation of
the non-believers (goats) from the believers (sheep) in Jerusalem which
herein is a symbol of the flock universal.

Commentary: "Then" = When?
Answer: after the separation of the goats from the sheep, i.e.
after the rapture/first resurrection: 1 Thes 4:13-17 = a description; Rev
6:12-17 = the announcement of the Lordís coming; Rev 7:1-12 & Rev
20:1-6 = the sealing/rapture/first resurrection of the Saints.

(Zec 14:4-7) And his feet shall standin that
day["the day of the LORD" v.1]upon[connotations
of immense controlled power]the mount of Olives[Heb: an olive
(as yielding illuminating oil), the tree /// brightness], which is before
Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst
thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very
great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north,
and half of it toward the south. And ye [who are saved] shall
flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach
[Heb:to touch, lay the hand upon; fig. to acquire]
unto Azal[Heb: noble]: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from
before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah [Heb: strength of Jah] king
of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
And it shall come to pass in that day["the day of the
LORD" v.1],that the light[Heb: illumination]shall
not be clear, nor dark: But it shall be one day which shallbe
known[Heb: perceived]to the LORD, not day, nor night: but
it shall come to pass, that at evening time[i.e., the end of the
day] it shall be light [Heb: illumination] [understanding].

(Isa 30:26) Moreover the light of the moon shall beas the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall besevenfold,
as the[accumulated]light of seven days,in the
day["the day of the LORD" v.1] that the LORD bindeth
up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their
wound. [And the Saints will have "the glory of the Lord,"
seven times their current "brightness"]

(Zec 14:8-11) And it shall be in that day["the
day of the LORD" v.1], that living waters shall go out
from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea[the Dead Sea],
and half of them toward the hinder sea[the Mediterranean Sea]: in
summer and in winter shall it be [throughout the Millennium]. And
the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day["the
day of the LORD" v.1]shall there be one LORD, and his name
one. All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon
south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in
her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the
corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses. And
men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no moreutter
destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

A NUCLEAR PLAGUE

(Zec 14:12-14) And this shall bethe plague[Heb:
slaughter][i.e., a nuclear holocaust: the sunís surface temperature is
about 9,941 degrees Fahrenheit; the brasen altar Ė amplified]wherewith
the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem;Their flesh shall consume away[Heb: melt] while they
stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away[Heb:
melt] in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away[Heb:
melt] in their mouth. And it shall come to pass in that day["the
day of the LORD" v.1],that a great tumult[Heb:
confusion] [like the tower of Babel, i.e., "strong delusion" 2 Thes
2:11]from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold
every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up
againstthe hand of his neighbour. And Judah also
shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be
gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.

Commentary: "shall rise up againstthe
hand of his neighbour" = as exemplified by the 135,000 Midianite
warriors, 120,000 of whom destroyed each other in the valley: "and
the Lord set every manís sword against his fellow, even throughout all
the host:" (Judg 7:22).

(Zec 14:15-21) And so shall be the plague[Heb:
slaughter] of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of
all the beasts that shall be in these tents,as this plague [of
the unsaved people]. And it shall come to pass, that every one that is
left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from
year to year [throughout the Millennium]to worship the King,
the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles [a week of
celebration for the harvest]. And it shall be, that whoso will not
come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the
King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain
[spiritual and physical blessings from Heaven]. And if the family of Egypt go
not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague
[Heb: slaughter] [punishment from Heaven instead of rain], wherewith the
LORD will smite the heathenthat comenot up to keep the
feast of tabernacles. This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the
punishment of all nationsthat come not up to keep the feast of
tabernacles. In that day["the day of the
LORD" v.1] shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS
UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the
bowls before the altar. Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in
Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that
sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day["the day of the LORD" v.1] there shall be no more the
Canaanite[Heb: peddler: merchant, trafficker] in the house of
the LORD of hosts.

(Psa 91:5-9) Thou shalt not be afraid for the
terror by night; nor for the arrow [guided missile] that flieth by
day; (6) Nor for the pestilence [Heb: murrain (diseases)] that walketh in
darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday [the hottest part
of the day connoting thermo-nuclear blasts, fire, and heat]. (7) A thousand
shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not
come nigh thee. (8) Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the
reward[Heb: retribution]of the wicked. (9) Because thou hast
made the LORD, which is my refuge [Heb: shelter], even the most High, thy
habitation[Heb: dwelling /// cohabitation: duty of marriage];